Comments on: Why You Should Care About CueSign Camp — Even If You’re Not Going

By: Pam

Pam — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 15:15:02 +0000

Allison: What a well-written, energetic, articulate explanation of CueSign Camp and the very important missions of the camp and of all those who promote its values!

I am an old cuer — been around almost from the beginning! I want to clarify my personal use of terminology and what I encourage others to do:

“Cued Speech” with capitals C and S is the name of the system and its very unique structure.

From there you can get more specific as to its many applications for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing:

(1) cued languages: cued American English, cued Spanish (La Palabra Complementada), cued French (Le Parlé Complété), etc.

(2) cued phonemes —for its applications to literacy, reading teachers, second-language learning,etc.

(3) cued listening — for its visual assist to auditory discrimination and auditory processing

(4) cued lipreading / cued speechreading — for its easing the guess-work

(5) cued speech —
(a) for its visual assistance to pronunciation and articulation and
(b) for its multi-sensory, manual assist to the motor aspects of speech production, used with individuals with apraxia, dyspraxia, and other articulation and phoneme-ordering issues by speech-language therapists

Cued Speech (the system) is wonderful in so many ways, for so many purposes. Keep up the good work!

By: DeafDC Blog » WeekStart Roundup

DeafDC Blog » WeekStart Roundup — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:39:40 +0000

[…] Auditory issues took the front page with discussions around cochlear implants, raising a CODA, and a Cued Sign camp. We were visited by some nice, sordid stories of ASL-wielding muggers around Gallaudet and the XX Winter Olympics. But as always, living in DC involves random encounters, whether that’s a Mack Daddy or the “IT” person. […]

By: Tate

Tate — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 12:18:26 +0000

Well written!

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 04:19:05 +0000

Julie - you’re clearly still sore from that *ahem* incident. :-)

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 03:38:43 +0000

I don’t know if I’m at liberty to comment, but I think this camp sounds like a wonderful opportunity. I must admit, I wasn’t here to comment on a post, but for personal reasons….just know, that I feel silly leaving another comment that’s completely irrelevant to your post, but I have to. It seems as though over the years you’ve been more difficult to track down than anyone I know. I am so glad I ran into your mom and sister a few weeks ago, because it got me motivated to try and find you again. I would love to catch up sometime…since DHS and maybe one time our sophomore year of college, I don’t think we’ve talked and that it unacceptable! I would love to catch-up and even share how you’ve influenced my career decisions. (BTW, within my search I’ve found some adorable pictures of you and your daughter!) Hope to hear from you soon, I presume my email appears somewhere…if not, I’ll check back. :)

By: Allison

Allison — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 01:39:05 +0000

Hi all, and thanks for the great comments. Just a couple clarifications:

Adam… cueing has nothing to do with speech or “speaking better.” It’s an entirely visual translation of language that happens to be spoken. Nor is it a language, unless you call it cued English (which is just another form of English, like spoken or written English).

And Tim, it’s not CueSign. That’s the name of the camp, a merger of ASL and cued English. The system of cueing itself is called cued American English (or Cued Speech, if you belong to the traditional/old school, which CueSign Camp doesn’t).

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 01:10:29 +0000

I have always noticed that there is strong resistence to new ideas. CueSign has been around for a while but it’s not gaining much acceptance in the Deaf community. I think it’s great people like Allison who have experienced it can share with us its importance and its place in our community.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 20:38:47 +0000

:::claps:::

Thank you!

Boys and girls, is it any wonder Alli’s on the committee? *grins*

I missed the first cuesign camp because I was working on a multi-day event fundraiser; missed a lot of the second camp because I had an internship at the Dept of Ed., so I went for a few presentations and in the evenings.

People — *inclusion* really is the practice there — it’s not about mainstreaming or integration or choices. It’s about communication and access to language, and including *everyone* — deaf, hearing, HOH, parents, educators, CODAs, kids, what-have-you.

So if you’ve never learned, only know a couple (swear) words, can cue albeit slowly or cue fluently but want the interaction, then GO! I hope to see y’all there!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:38:27 +0000

wow I love the way that you put the importance of cuesign camp in words!! I absolutely agree with you!!

By: Julie T.

Julie T. — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 14:48:35 +0000

If anybody’s interested in learning how to cue his/her name, be sure to ask Robert Rice! He’s a renowned expert! He literally knocked our socks off at the recent CueCamp held in Williamsburg last fall. :)